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First Amendment retaliation

CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit reinstated a tow company’s First Amendment claims against the county judge executive who removed the firm from the emergency response rotation list, an act that a reasonable jury could reasonably find was a direct response to the company owner’s criticism of his political actions on Facebook.

Read the ruling here.

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